[Avodah] Rhyming

SBA sba at sba2.com
Thu Sep 7 07:17:06 PDT 2006


MessageFrom: "Moshe Yehuda Gluck"
Is rhyming ever used in Tanach?
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From: Yossi Aron To: SBA

Not that I can think of but at least two places play with sounds:
1. re Nechash hanechoshet -- im noshach hanachash etc

2. My father alav hashalom always pointed out: grammatically we use mah with
a patach or kamatz except in front of a guttural letter (see eg Mah anu, Meh
chayeenu in Leolam yehei adam).
One exception: in the haftorah re Shaul and Amalek Shmuel hanavi says to
Shaul:   Meh Kol Hatzon?

Why Meh and not mah?
Think about it -- what noise do sheep make? Me'e'eh




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